Monageer
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Village | |
  Monageer Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°31′51″N 6°28′24″W / 52.5308°N 6.4733°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Area code | 053 |
Monageer (Irish: Móin na gCaor),[1] or Monagear, is a small village situated in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. It is located a few kilometres roughly northeast of Enniscorthy town.
Monageer village contains a shop, a pub, a primary school, and a Roman Catholic church (with adjoining cemetery).[2] It also contains the local GAA club Monageer Boolavogue which was founded in 1886. An award-winning sensory path and grotto walk was opened in 2018.
People
Peter Daly was an Irish Socialist and Republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence as well as serving as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, where he died serving with the International Brigades. Born in Liverpool in 1903, his family returned to Monageer at the end of 1911.[3] There is a memorial in Monageer commemorating his life and struggle.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Móin na gCaor/Monagear". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ Monageer Church. Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "From Monageer to Spain – The Story of Peter Daly".
- ↑ "Memorial erected to man who died fighting fascism". WexfordPeople.ie.